You can nitpick any professional situation, but in balance there’s no place like supercell for letting you succeed on your merits under your own initiative. In that sense it’s a dream opportunity. And in most other senses the company is just the best there is.

Cons

The difficulty with stunning success is trying to repeat and preserve it. It’s not a “con” really, but it is a lot to live up to.

Independence can be very empowering. What would you do if you could affect anything?
Colleagues feel authentically motivated by the company culture, because it affects their day to day operations and they're continually empowered by it.
I feel like my colleagues genuinely care for my well being, like we're in it together.
With 5 offices, and the ability to travel to and meet colleagues of very different cultural...

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Cons

Independence can feel very scary. When nobody is telling you what to do, what would you do?
The culture is so unlike most corporate structures that it can feel like you're in a foreign country for the first time. It requires a lot of reprogramming and buying into the mindset, which takes a lot of adjusting to the cultures that had influenced and incentivized previous behavior (at previous companies).
Diversity...

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Advice to Management

Continue asking us for feedback in the many ways you already do.
Stay transparent in your process.
Remain unwavering promotion of this culture of ours and its day to day applications to our decision making process.

The biggest downside is that the center of gravity of Supercell is in Helsinki (the headquarters and where most people are) and Helsinki is really far from San Francisco. The difference in time zones further complicates communication. The upside is that you can go to Helsinki as often as you want and could even stay for several months, but for people with families/kids/other obligations that's not always easy to do.
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